permission slip

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permission slip (plural permission slips)

  1. (US, education) A paper form that a school sends home with a student to a parent, onto which the parent provides authorization for the student to attend a certain event, such as a field trip.
    • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
      Julie DeLongpre: Um, can someone please just sign my permission slip?
      Richard DeLongpre: Julie, there she is! What did you do today?
      Julie: Well, let's see I went to school, I got a permission slip, I asked you to sign it, [...]